Nikita Kornilov
Senior Java Software Engineer at Tinkoff
Yerevan, Russia
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Top SchoolNikita Kornilov is a Senior Java Software Engineer with nine years of experience focused on backend, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures, currently driving production services at Tinkoff from Yerevan. He has a strong track record building high-throughput systems—sharding PostgreSQL to sustain 10k RPS, doubling throughput of a core service to 20k RPS, and leading large-scale data migrations that reduced SMS delivery costs. Nikita improves reliability and efficiency through targeted optimizations such as caching to prevent MongoDB failures, Kafka-based orchestration, and CI/CD modernization that cut CI times and stabilised deployments. He pairs hands-on coding with mentorship, having guided 10+ Java trainees and authored platform-wide validation RFCs. Despite a compact public GitHub presence, his production impact at a major fintech shows depth in performance tuning, observability, and operational resilience.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Software Engineering at ITMO University
Russian, English
Github Skills (22)
java9
groovy9
kotlin9
serverless9
microservices8
webgoat8
micronaut8
mechanics7
modeling7
physics6
validation-framework6
linear-algebra5
explore5
quantum-algorithms5
signal-processing4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
engarik/m3202y24
Sep 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:41 commits, 26 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
prismgentem/fin-tech-2024
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:15 reviews, 30 comments in 3 months
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